2015 Chateau St. Jean Cinq Cépages

Community Tasting Notes (15) Avg Score: 92.9 points

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  12/30/2023 - WindFlyer Likes this wine: 93 Points

  half-hour aeration (not enough).
  
  dark purple ruby rim and appreciable body. generous nose of ripe plum and cassis, violets, bay leaf and menthol, cedar and hints of sweet cocoa. dry and structured, it is juicy with dark fruit that unfolds in layers, gaining in tartness in the mid palate. earthy, spice and cocoa accents are revealed with time, complemented by chalky tannins. excellent persistence.
  
  youthful and still very primary, drinks very well now and looks to have the stuffing to go another decade or so. upside potential here.
  
  14.6% AbV; 81% CS/ 9% ME/ 4% CF/ 4% Malbec/ 2% PV; twenty months in oak (63% new), mostly French, some American

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  7/11/2023 - Scottlmatthews Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Amazing nose of crushed blackberry, current, blueberry. Tannins attack the initial taste on the palate then after 10 seconds becomes smooth and integrated with wonderful fruit and berries.

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  3/3/2023 - Thomas D Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Deep ruby color; fragrant nose of cassis, cinnamon and cocoa;smooth red fruit and flavors that confirm the nose. Restrained tannins everything in balance and tasting well now. Very enjoyable.

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  2/24/2023 - The Drunken Cyclist Likes this wine: 96 Points

  Retail $80. 81% Cabernet Sauvignon, 9% Merlot, 4% Cabernet Franc, 4% Malbec, 2% Petit Verdot. The last bottle of my double mini-vertical tasting of three wines and the last time out, this was fantastic, maybe the best of all the nine wines. This time? Medium color in the glass with fruit, yes, but also a tartness that verges on off-putting. The palate, though, is anything but. Rich fruit (blackberry), wonderful spice, and a near impeccable balance. While the nose this go-around had me nervous, there was no need for concern. Gangbusters.
  
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  2/5/2023 - The Drunken Cyclist Likes this wine: 95 Points

  Retail $80. 81% Cabernet Sauvignon, 9% Merlot, 4% Cabernet Franc, 4% Malbec, 2% Petit Verdot. The third of my mini-three bottle vertical, and the most expressive, at least on the nose, of the three. Red and dark berry fruit, loads of plum, black pepper. Yowza. The nose is fabulous. The palate is loaded with fruit: rich, layered, tart, incredible. Plenty of depth and intrigue here, this is a wine, while almost a decade old already, is youthful and incredible now. Those chalky tannins on the finish, though, suggest plenty of life ahead. Whoa.
  
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